O my heart! you woke not when the man of my heart came to my door.
At the sound of his departing steps you woke up.
Oh, you woke up in the dark!
‘Mashi, what is the time now?’
‘About nine.’
‘So early as that! Why, I thought it must be at least two or three o'clock. My midnight, you know, begins at sundown. But why did you want me to sleep, then?’
‘Why, you know how late last night you kept awake talking; so to-day you must get to sleep early.’
‘Is Mani asleep?’
‘Oh no, she's busy making some soup for you.’
‘You don't mean to say so, Mashi? Does she——?’